Awe (film)

Awe
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Prasanth Varma
Produced by Nani
Prashanti Tipirneni
Starring Kajal Aggarwal
Srinivas Avasarala
Regina Cassandra
Nithya Menon
Music by Mark K.Robin
Cinematography Karthik Ghattamaneni
Edited by Goutham Nerusu
Production
company
Wall Poster Cinema
Release date
  • 16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Running time
 110 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu

Awe is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language psychological thriller film directed by Prasanth Varma and produced by Nani and Prashanti Tipirneni. It stars Kajal Aggarwal as the main protagonist with Nithya Menen, Regina Cassandra, Eesha Rebba, Srinivas Avasarala, Priyadarshi Pullikonda and Murali Sharma in the supporting roles.[1]

The film deals with psychological issues like dissociative identity disorders, and social problems like child abuse, sexual abuse and drug abuse. It is the first Tollywood film to deal with homosexual relationships and sex reassignment surgery.

Plot

Krish (Nithya Menen) is a psychiatrist. She and Radha (Eesha Rebba) are a couple trying to convince the latter’s parents to allow them to marry.

Nala (Priyadarshi Pullikonda) is a down-on-his-luck man who pretends to be a chef so he can gain some meaningful employment. He befriends a goldfish named Nani (Nani) and a bonsai tree named Chanti (Ravi Teja) in the kitchen.

Shiva (Srinivas Avasarala) is a watchman who aspires to become a scientist. He wants to invent a time machine to meet his parents, while Parvathy (Devadarshini) claims she is his future self and has traveled back in time to prevent their parents' death, which is likely to occur in some time.

Moksha (Kaitlyn D'mello) is a little kid who works at her mother's (Pragathi) restaurant. She engages in a cold war with Yogi (Murali Sharma), an egoistic magician.

Meera (Regina Cassandra) is a waitress and drug addict. She and her boyfriend are gearing up to loot a rich man.

Kali (Kajal Aggarwal) is a troubled woman who decides to commit a mass murder and kill herself on her birthday. At the end of the film, it is revealed she has multiple personality disorder, which she develops due to her childhood abuse, due to which she gets disturbed mentally and her mind breaks into pieces, giving rise to various personalities in her mind. All the characters shown are her personalities in her mind, and she commits a mass murder by killing her personalities (she commits suicide by shooting herself). The film ends with Kali shown in each of her personalities.

Cast

Critical response

The film opened to positive reviews from both critics and audience. The Indian Express gave it 4 stars[2] while Hindustan Times rated it 5.[3]

Production

The first look was released on November 25, 2017.[4] Nani met director Prasanth who narrated the storyline to him. Nani reportedly loved the script and decided to produce the film himself. An ensemble cast featuring, Kajal Aggarwal, Nithya Menen, Regina Cassandra, Eesha Rebba, Srinivas Avasarala, Murali Sharma, Priyadarshi Pullikonda, Rohini and Devadarshini was brought on board. Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja was brought in to play one of the two voice over narrators, featuring as the voice of a bonsai. Nani is voicing a fish, who is the other narrator. All the first looks of the characters have been released and the teaser for the same has been released on 4 January 2018 ...

References

  1. ↑ "Natural Star Nani Production 1 Awe Poster". thetelugufilmnagar.com. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Awe movie review: Prasanth Varma's film is awe-inspiring indeed". Indian Express. 16 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Awe movie review: Nani and Prasanth Varma's film is technically brilliant". Hindustan Times. 17 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "First Look of Nani's Maiden Production Venture: Top Stars of South Indian Cinema in Awe". tollywood.net. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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